Sun, 29 Jun 2008, 02:30 PM Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Second annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1915 Ray Sawyer                              7 Alan Kenny                   
E5                   0.025  9.939 166.95     ****WINNER****  0.007  9.937 150.30
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.039             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.037
 Prior rounds:
E4    (M Fuqua     ) 0.000  9.921  0.021      (D McRobie   ) 0.014  9.891 -0.009
E3    (D Goins     ) 0.017  9.917  0.017      (T Mazza     ) 0.020  9.882 -0.018
E2    (J Kenny     ) 0.020  9.899 -0.001      (G Linkhorn  ) 0.021  9.912  0.012
E1    (L Wolford   ) 0.020  9.861 -0.039      (M Moody     ) 0.048  9.915  0.015
 Qualified:            #44  9.861 -0.039                       #11  9.915  0.015

2:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 28.77 inches, adjusted altitude 3,468 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Alan Kenny's MOV: 0.0201 seconds (approximately 5 feet). Alan Kenny's package: 0.044.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  302 Rock Haas                            7330 Shawn Langdon                
E5   ****WINNER****  0.004  9.903 149.93                    -0.024 10.024 134.64
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.003             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.124
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Connolly  ) 0.015  9.899 -0.001      (D Barnard   ) 0.029  9.914  0.014
E3    (D Northrop  ) 0.018  9.908  0.008      (N Karas     ) 0.017  9.924  0.024
E2    (D Klomps    ) 0.051  9.904  0.004      (B Jackson   ) 0.027  9.923  0.023
E1    (R Bailey    ) 0.019  9.893 -0.007      (D Barrett   ) -0.004  9.919  0.019
 Qualified:            #28  9.893 -0.007                       #13  9.919  0.019

Rock Haas' package: 0.007 and it earns him a bye to the finals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3101 Tom Dimond                           1349 Brian Forrester              
E5                   0.021  9.898 158.82     ****WINNER****  0.022  9.925 154.58
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E4    (P Richardson) 0.022  9.878 -0.022      (J Cira      ) 0.009  9.894 -0.006
E3    (S Mackie    ) 0.040  9.893 -0.007      (M Sawyer    ) 0.023  9.898 -0.002
E2    (M Snyder    ) 0.042 10.146  0.246      (M White     ) 0.012  9.901  0.001
E1    (S Walls     ) 0.026  9.912  0.012      (D Ruff      ) 0.019  9.914  0.014
 Qualified:             #6  9.912  0.012                        #9  9.914  0.014

Forrester races Kenny in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink